Mazie’s 3 months old today! « »
And so serious!
She knows how to smile now, but something has to be reeeeeEEEEeeeally good to get one.
I’m wearing my Sunset Cardigan Experiment, made from the yarn I dyed back on October. I’m really really happy with how it came out. It looks awesome with my new empire-waist summer dresses. I made it that length and with that lower body flare-out so that I could wear it while I was still pregnant. It’s great in that I *did* wear it back then, but I don’t feel like it’s “Maternity” now.
…aside…I’ve got to go through my closet and put all my maternity stuff in a Rubbermaid to go in the garage. I’d put it on eBay, except that I’m *hoping* to have another baby before TOO long and that stuff is expen$ive. If there’s one demographic that pays a LOT for EVERYTHING it’s pregnant people. Anyway…I’m leaving this sweater out, because I still love it and wear it quite a lot.
So the YARN. I bought a 1 kg cone of Blue Faced Leicester to make baby soakers out of but liked it too much to use it to soak up urine. It works out to about $37 / lb if you buy it that way. BFL is so soft and really has a great sheen. It’s a long staple yarn, so won’t pill as easily as Merino, say. It takes dye really nicely, too.
ANYWAY…
I dyed it myself in the crock pot using cake dye. All 4 little skeins that I did are slightly different, so I designed the sweater in sections so that the color diffs wouldn’t be so obvious. If I re-did it, the only thing I’d change would be to do the button bands on a smaller needle. They’re a little wavy, but good enough for “just me.”
I started a sweater out of the green/purple stuff, but it’s not done yet. Just knitting it in my “spare” (ha ha) time.
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4 Responses to “Mazie’s 3 months old today!”
I love your orange sweater AND your serious baby.
Oh, thank goodness! There’s not been NEARLY enough Mazie pictures on this blog for me.
So, you’re bringing her to MDS&W this year right? We’ve got a pack and play….
The Sunset Cardi is just lovely! About the maternity clothes, I know exactly how you feel. I actually saved mine for six years, and today I cleared out my closet from all not maternity. So you see, I finally got use of the clothes again.
Hi
I was on knitty and was looking at your comments about your sweater Forcast. I just had to send you a note. after seeing you again in this picture of you with that huge warm smile, holding you bundle of joy. I think your forcast is very bright. Take care Dale
Love your book and patterns.
ps You should go back and read it again …reflection is always good.